diff --git a/.circleci/install_validator_dependencies.sh b/.circleci/install_validator_dependencies.sh
index e6e13bbcd490..8ebc5f94a164 100755
--- a/.circleci/install_validator_dependencies.sh
+++ b/.circleci/install_validator_dependencies.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sudo mv bazel.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
 echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://storage.googleapis.com/bazel-apt stable jdk1.8" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bazel.list
 
 echo $(GREEN "Updating and installing apt packages...")
-sudo apt update && sudo apt install bazel-5.4.0 clang python3 python3-pip protobuf-compiler
+sudo apt update && sudo apt install bazel-7.1.0 clang python3 python3-pip protobuf-compiler
 
 echo $(GREEN "Installing protobuf python module...")
 pip3 install protobuf==3.19.4